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Ce qui suit est une liste d'articles scientifiques auxquelles une subvention a été accordée par la Fondation Universitaire. Les articles sont triés par année de publication et par titre.
Torres-Huerta A. (2025) Spatiotemporal Control of the Formation of Luminescent Lanthanide Complexes in Liposome-Based Nanoreactors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition e202510471,
doi.org/10.1002/anie.202510471
The controlled mass transfer across compartmentalised environments in synthetic nanoreactors is essential for enhancing precise spatiotemporal manipulation of chemical transformations within confined spaces. In this study, we present a strategy that integrates a synthetic anion transporter in liposome-based nanoreactors, allowing for spatiotemporal control over the formation of metal–organic complexes in liposomes. This approach enables us to effectively modulate the assembly of luminescent lanthanide-benzenedicarboxylate nanostructures.
De Vlieger D. et al. (2025) Speed-dependent changes in the arm swing during independent walking in individuals after stroke. PLoS ONE 20(1): e0315332. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315332
Background
Increasing one’s walking speed is an important goal in post-stroke gait rehabilitation. Insufficient arm swing in people post-stroke might limit their ability to propel the body forward and increase walking speed.
Purpose
To investigate the speed-dependent changes (and their contributing factors) in the arm swing of persons post-stroke.
Material and methods
Surdi M., Tack P., Lycke S., Schöder S. & De Graef K. (2025) Synchrotron XRF spectroscopy for reading salt-encrusted cuneiform tablets. Scientific Reports 15:3283 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84394-0
Cuneiform tablets were a primary writing medium in the ancient Near East from the late fourth millennium BCE to the first century CE. Although these clay tablets were durable for daily use, prolonged burial over millennia has made them vulnerable to salt damage. Fluctuations in temperature and humidity cause the migration of salts to the surface of the tablets, damaging them and covering the inscriptions, making the text unreadable.
Heller M.P.,Ori F. & ASerantes A. (2025) Temporal Entanglement from Holographic Entanglement Entropy. Physical Review X 15, 041022.
Recently, several notions of entanglement in time have emerged as a novel frontier in quantum many body physics, quantum field theory, and gravity. We propose a systematic prescription to characterize temporal entanglement in relativistic quantum field theory in a general state for an arbitrary subregion on a flat, constant time slice in a flat spacetime.
Xinquan Hu (2025) The bacterial and fungal strawberry rootassociated microbiome in reused peat-based substrate. BMC Plant Biology 25:245.
Background Reuse of plant growing substrate can contribute to lowering the carbon footprint of horticulture production systems. Here, we assessed the impact of substrate reusing on the root-associated microbiome of strawberries. The cultivars Elsanta and Malling Centenary were grown in a substrate-based hydroponic system using either fresh peat-based substrate or substrate reused up to three times, with comparisons made between not steamed and steam-treated substrate.
Colon M. (2025) The big passion play in new venture: New insights from a moderated mediation model. European Management Journal.
Research increasingly highlights that more nascent entrepreneurs than once thought, even those passionate about founding a new venture, end up not starting a new business because of the vast challenges. This study provides new insights into how and when passionate nascent founders actually engage in new venture creation behavior. Applying a conditional moderated mediation analysis to a sample of 493 Belgian nascent entrepreneurs, we find that passionate nascent founders develop strategic action plans to reach their desired complex goal of starting a new venture.
Nothomb N. et al. (2025) Understanding the effect of tailored heat treatment on Zr-modified Al7075 fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Materials & Design 258, 114553.
Despite high-strength aluminium alloys now being widely processed by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF), a specifically designed heat treatment (HT) for L-PBF Al7075 has yet to be identified and the microstructural -features responsible for strengthening remain to be fully understood. In this study, fully dense Al7075+1.8%Zr was processed without hot cracking. High temperature heat treatments between 350◦C and 525◦C were adopted, attaining the highest hardness (162HV) at 425◦C followed by an artificial ageing (AA).
De Roubaix A. et al. (2025) Understanding the impact of Developmental Coordination Disorder on Belgian children and families: a national survey study. PLoS ONE 20(4): e0320311. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320311
Background
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is an under-recognized and often trivialized neurodevelopmental condition impacting five to six percent of children. This study aimed to map the impact of DCD on children and their families in Belgium.
Methods
Van Acker J.W.G. et al. (2024) Vertical root fracture detection with conebeam computed tomography in Biodentine™ filled teeth. BMC Oral Health 24:1178, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-024-04947-7
Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of detecting vertical root fractures in Biodentine™-filled teeth using the Promax 3Dmax cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) unit compared to periapical radiographs. It tested hypotheses regarding CBCT’s diagnostic superiority in non-root-filled and Biodentine™-root-filled maxillary central incisors and assessed the impact of smaller field of view and lower intensity settings on detection accuracy.
Michel J. et al. (2025) What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception? SOIL, 11, 755–762, 2025 https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-755-2025
Priming effects in soil science describe the influence of fresh carbon (C) inputs on rates of microbial mineralisation of native soil organic matter, which can either increase (positive priming) or decrease (negative priming). While both positive and negative priming effects occur in natural ecosystems, the latter is less documented in the peer-reviewed literature and the overall impact of priming effects on the C balance of vegetated ecosystems remains elusive.
Touzé O. & Rots V. (2025) When the hammer drops: Identification of knapping techniques in blade production based on a multi-scale study of knapping traces. PLOS One | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329848.
As defined by J. Tixier, a knapping technique corresponds to the concrete means used to detach a flake. It involves three essential parameters: the tool(s) used, the mode of force application and the behaviour of the body which includes the knapping gesture. In order to identify the knapping techniques used in prehistory, previous studies have mainly focused on macroscopic features on the blanks, but difficulties have often been encountered, leading to mixed results.
Fien De Block, Delfien Van Dyck, Benedicte Deforche, Geert Crombez & Louise Poppe (2025): Which cognitive tests are used to examine the acute effect of physical activity on cognition in healthy adults aged 50 and older? - A systematic review. Psychology & Health, DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2025.2498577
Objectives: The review aims to create an overview of currentevidence on the acute effect of physical activity (PA) on cognition in adults aged 50 and older, focusing on which cognitive (sub)domains, cognitive tests, and outcomes are used, and whether effects were demonstrated.
Methods: The MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases were searched for articles assessing the acute effect of PA on cognition in healthy adults aged 50 and older.
Beckers, L. et al. (2024) Alterations in the innate and adaptive immune system in a real-world cohort of multiple sclerosis patients treated with ocrelizumab. Clinical Immunology 259(2024)109894.
B cell depletion by the anti-CD20 antibody ocrelizumab is effective in relapsing-remitting (RR) and primary progressive (PP) multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated immunological changes in peripheral blood of a real- world MS cohort after 6 and 12 months of ocrelizumab. All RRMS and most PPMS patients (15/20) showed treatment response. Ocrelizumab not only reduced CD20+ B cells, but also numbers of CD20+T cells. Absolute numbers of monocytes, dendritic cells and CD8+T cells were increased, while CD56hi natural killer cells were reduced after ocrelizumab.
Gbenonsi G.Y., Martini J. & Mahieu C. (2024) An analytical framework for breast cancer public policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from a comprehensive literature review and an adapted policy Delphi. BMC Public Health, 24:1535 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18937-5.
Background Breast cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in women and is a major public health problem worldwide. Despite the lower incidence rates of breast cancer in resource-limited settings, especially sub-Saharan Africa, there is a higher mortality rate compared to high-resource countries where the disease has a higher incidence. This makes breast cancer the second deadliest cancer in African women. These poor results reflect the weakness in public health policies.
Mushtaq W., Fauconnier M.L & & de Clerck C. (2024) Assessment of induced allelopathy in crop‑weed co‑culture with rye‑pigweed model. Scientific Reports, 14, Article number: 10446.
This study evaluates induced allelopathy in a rye-pigweed model driven by rye’s (Secale cereale L.) allelopathic potential as a cover crop and pigweed’s (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) notoriety as a weed. The response of rye towards pigweed’s presence in terms of benzoxazinoids (BXs) provides valuable insight into induced allelopathy for crop improvement. In the 2 week plant stage, pigweed experiences a significant reduction in growth in rye’s presence, implying allelopathic effects. Rye exhibits increased seedling length and BXs upsurge in response to pigweed presence.